KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents
by John Barron
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A wide ranging investigation into the workings of the KGB, covering the manipulation of Egyptian President Nasser; the attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro; the campaign to intimidate journalists and silence dissent within the Soviet Union: the assistance given to IRA Provisionals; the wide scale infiltration of American Installations to steal hundreds of secret documents; the attempt to take over Ghana; sexual entrapment of Western diplomats; and the plans to paralyzed nations in the event show more of future international crises. show lessTags
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I can't exactly remember when I read this book, it must have been somewhere in the early nineties. It fit snugly into my parents' personal library when I chanced upon it. What I do remember, though, is that I found this book a very impressive and enveloping read, indeed. A whole catalog of the KGB's most dirty tricks within the context of (sometimes bungled) attempts at geopolitical scheming on a larger-than-life scale. Better than the average fictional accounts in movies, and such.
Ex-US Naval Intelligence officer/journalists account of KGB global operations. KGB known operatives names index. Chapter on GRU structure.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1974
- Important places*
- Moskou
- Epigraph*
- Werkwijze, organisatie en machtsbereik van de Russische Geheime Dienst
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 327.12 — Society, government, & culture Political science International Relations: Spies Foreign policy and specific topics in international relations Espionage and subversion
- LCC
- HV8225 .B37 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminal justice administration Police. Detectves. Constabulary By region or country
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- 275
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.50)
- Languages
- 9 — Amharic, Dutch, English, French, German, Korean, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian, Swedish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 22
- ASINs
- 5
